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Adj Sententious Full Sen'tenʃəs 好说教的;简要的 英 好说教的(Abounding Excessive

单词 sententious
音标 [sen'tenʃəs]
解释 adj. 好说教的;简要的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 好说教的(abounding in excessive moralizing);简要的(terse; pithy)
【记】 sentence(句子)+ious →一个句子说完→简 要的
字源 sententious (adj.)
mid-15c., "full of meaning," from Middle French sententieux, from Latin sententiosus "full of meaning, pithy," from sententia "thought; expression of a thought" (see sentence (n.)). Meaning "addicted to pompous moralizing" first recorded 1590s. Related: Sententiously; sententiousness.
不择手段背单词 adj. 好说教的; 简要的; 警句的
【记】源于: sentence(n 句子)
趣味全助记 【记】源自sentence 句子,说话好用格言警句的,这样好说教,也简洁

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